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ORIGINAL SIGNED DRAWING
by THURBER, James
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- Used - Tear in paper on left side, some creasing. A striking, large drawing in Very Good condition, not examined out of the frame
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- Framed Drawing
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$48,100.00
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Framed Drawing. Tear in paper on left side, some creasing. A striking, large drawing in Very Good condition, not examined out of the frame. James Thurber. Large Original Pencil Drawing (36" x 24") of two couples dancing SIGNED by the artist, simply framed. This drawing was used on the cover of HARPER'S MAGAZINE Centennial Issue, October 1950, No.1205.… Read more about this item Item Price
A$48,100.00
ORIGINAL CARTOON ART: Oh--and Look Out for the Shark!
by WILSON, Gahan
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- Used - About Fine
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- n.d
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- Drawing
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$3,848.00
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n.p., n.d. Drawing. About Fine. Gahan Wilson. Original pen, ink, watercolor, and gum arabic on paper, 9" x 12", SIGNED by the artist at the lower left and titled in pencil in the bottom margin. The cartoon depicts a man diving into a pool with the caption spoken by another man in a robe sitting at poolside. The… Read more about this item Item Price
A$3,848.00
ROGERS-ISMS. THE COWBOY PHILOSOPHER ON PROHIBITION
by ROGERS, Will
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- Used - Light wear to the corners and the tips of the spine which is sunned. Very Good, lacking a dustwrapper
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- First Edition
- Published
- (1919)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$1,924.00
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New York: Harper & Brothers, (1919). First Edition. Hardcover. Light wear to the corners and the tips of the spine which is sunned. Very Good, lacking a dustwrapper. Nate Collier. Decorated green and white boards lettered in black. Illustrated with a frontispiece of Rogers. The great American humorist's take on Prohibition. SIGNED "Will Rogers" with the notation "Sincerely… Read more about this item Item Price
A$1,924.00
ON A MEXICAN MUSTANG, THROUGH TEXAS, FROM THE GULF TO THE RIO GRANDE
by SWEET, Alex E. & KNOX, J.Armoy
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- Used - Hinges neatly reinforced; early owner ink stamp on front blank. Light soiling to covers. Very Good and increasingly uncommon in
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1883
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$240.58
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Hartford: S. S. Scranton & Company, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Hinges neatly reinforced; early owner ink stamp on front blank. Light soiling to covers. Very Good and increasingly uncommon in this condition. Decorated mustard cloth with fancy gilt designs on the front cover and spine; 672 pages. Illustrated with many plates and facsimiles. Sixguns 2174; Adams HERD 2217:… Read more about this item Item Price
A$240.58
![THE TRAGEDY OF PUDD'NHEAD WILSON AND THE COMEDY [OF] THOSE EXTRAORDINARY TWINS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/932/068/1288068932.0.m.jpg)
THE TRAGEDY OF PUDD'NHEAD WILSON AND THE COMEDY [OF] THOSE EXTRAORDINARY TWINS
by TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]
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- Used - Owner name on front endpaper; slightest bit of rubbing to spine ends and bottom edge, otherwise an unusually tight, bright copy.
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1894
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$2,886.00
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Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner name on front endpaper; slightest bit of rubbing to spine ends and bottom edge, otherwise an unusually tight, bright copy. Fine. Publisher's decorated rust brown cloth. With all first printing points described in BAL 3442. Profusely illustrated in the margins. Notable of course for its very early use of… Read more about this item Item Price
A$2,886.00
STYLE. A TALE IN THIRTEEN CHAPTERS
by FROST, A(rthur) B(urdett)
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- Used - Fine in a close to Fine box with a small stain at the top of the spine
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- First Edition
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- (1891)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$14,430.00
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(1891). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine box with a small stain at the top of the spine. A. B. Frost. Oblong Folio (12" x 10-1/2") bound in modern full rust-colored morocco leather with gilt rules to the covers and gilt lettering on the front cover and spine, housed in a clamshell box with gilt-lettered… Read more about this item Item Price
A$14,430.00
MARK TWAIN'S (BURLESQUE) AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND FIRST ROMANCE
by TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]
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- Used - Owner name in light purple ink on the blank space of page 30. Very light wear to spine tips and corners, a few small purple ink
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- First Edition
- Published
- (1871)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$384.80
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New York: Sheldon & Company, (1871). First Edition. Hardcover. Owner name in light purple ink on the blank space of page 30. Very light wear to spine tips and corners, a few small purple ink stains on rear cover, front pastedown, and front free endpaper with some foxing to the text. Very Good. Original green cloth. BAL 3326:… Read more about this item Item Price
A$384.80
THE DICK GIBSON SHOW
by ELKIN, Stanley
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- Used - The book and dustwrapper have suffered from water damage at the bottom, only faintly visible but with the pages wavy at the bott
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- First Edition
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- (1971)
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$865.80
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New York: Random House, (1971). First Edition. The book and dustwrapper have suffered from water damage at the bottom, only faintly visible but with the pages wavy at the bottom corner. There is some bleeding from the color of the covers to the dustwrapper as well. Good at best in like dustwrapper but with a great association from a… Read more about this item Item Price
A$865.80
THE CRUISE OF THE KAWA: WANDERINGS IN THE SOUTH SEAS
by TRAPROCK, Walter
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- Used - Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper
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- First Edition
- Published
- (1921)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$48.18
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1921). First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper. A humorous and fictitious travel account, a parody of the usual Polynesian idyll. Illustrated with photographs.
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A$48.18
THE FIGHT AT DAME EUROPA'S SCHOOL
by NAST, Thomas
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- Used - Neat owner signature dated April, 1871, on the front endpaper. Some fading and spotting to cloth. Quite Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- (1871)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$115.44
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New York: Francis B. Felt & Co., (1871). First Edition. Hardcover. Neat owner signature dated April, 1871, on the front endpaper. Some fading and spotting to cloth. Quite Good. Thomas Nast. Original terra cotta cloth with gilt lettering. With 33 illustrations by Thomas Nast.
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A$115.44
THE NIAGARA BOOK
by TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel] et al
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- Used - The endpapers and preliminaries, including the front blank with Twain's signature, have been strengthened with Japanese tissue p
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1893
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$9,620.00
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Buffalo: Underhill & Nichols, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. The endpapers and preliminaries, including the front blank with Twain's signature, have been strengthened with Japanese tissue paper in the gutters. The Porter letter detached at one fold but all present. Spine a little darkened, still a bright copy. Near Fine. Publisher's decorated green cloth stamped in brown and silver.… Read more about this item Item Price
A$9,620.00
KNITTING-WORK: A WEB OF MANY TEXTURES, WROUGHT BY RUTH PARTINGTON
by PARTINGTON, Ruth (SHILLABER, Benjamin P.)
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- Used - Minor wear, small loss of cloth on rear cover. Very Good copy
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- First Edition
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- 1859
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$67.42
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Boston: Brown, Taggard & Chase, 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor wear, small loss of cloth on rear cover. Very Good copy. Original brown cloth. BAL 17556: Binding A. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 7 plates. Owner inscription dated September 25, two days after the Library of Congress copy was deposited. Mrs. Partington was Mark Twain's model for Aunt… Read more about this item Item Price
A$67.42
KNITTING-WORK: A WEB OF MANY TEXTURES, WROUGHT BY RUTH PARTINGTON
by PARTINGTON, Ruth (SHILLABER, Benjamin P.)
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- Used - Minor wear to spine tips, rear cover with bruise in a horizontal strip. Still Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1859
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$96.20
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Boston: Brown, Taggard & Chase, 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor wear to spine tips, rear cover with bruise in a horizontal strip. Still Near Fine. Original blue cloth. BAL 17556: Binding A. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 7 plates. Mrs. Partington was Mark Twain's model for Aunt Polly in TOM SAWYER. Bookplate of Lt. Col. Walter Merriam Pratt… Read more about this item Item Price
A$96.20
LIFE AND SAYINGS OF MRS. PARTINGTON AND OTHERS OF THE FAMILY
by SHILLABER, Benjamin P
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- Used - Head of spine chipped, some marginal dampstaining. Good+
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- First Edition
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- 1854
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$144.38
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New York/Boston: J. C. Derby/Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1854. First Edition. Hardcover. Head of spine chipped, some marginal dampstaining. Good+. Original brown cloth. BAL 17540: State 1, Imprint A. Wright II #2208. Illustrated with 8 plates & text engravings. A collection of comic pieces including a brief chapter on Daguerrotypes.
In 1851, Shillaber became the founding editor of… Read more about this item Item Price
A$144.38
THE MEZZANINE
by BAKER, Nicholson
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- Used - Very thin, light remainder stripe on bottom edge. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper
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- First Edition
- Published
- (1988)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$67.42
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New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1988). First Edition. Hardcover. Very thin, light remainder stripe on bottom edge. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Author's first book.
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A$67.42
THE FIGHT AT DAME EUROPA'S SCHOOL
by NAST, Thomas
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- Used - Spine tips worn, front endpaper detached. Good
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- First Edition
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- (1871)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$96.20
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New York: Francis B. Felt & Co., (1871). First Edition. Hardcover. Spine tips worn, front endpaper detached. Good. Thomas Nast. Original terra cotta cloth with gilt lettering. With 33 illustrations by Thomas Nast.
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A$96.20
TLS to actress Irene Worth on MARK TWAIN JOURNAL stationery
by CLEMENS, Cyril
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- Used - Creases from folding o/w Near Fine in original envelope
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- 26 Oct. 1977
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$67.42
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Kirkwood, MO, 26 Oct. 1977. Creases from folding o/w Near Fine in original envelope. 1 pages. In full: "In recognition of your outstanding contribution to the Modern Stage, you have been unanimously elected in succession to the late Katharine Cornell, Honorary Member/The Mark Twain Society."
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A$67.42
PUNCH, BROTHERS, PUNCH! AND OTHER SKETCHES
by TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]
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- Used - Minor wear to wraps, crease to lower front corner. Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- (1878)
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- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$673.40
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New York: Slote, Woodman & Company, (1878). First Edition. wraps. Minor wear to wraps, crease to lower front corner. Very Good. Publisher's printed pictorial orange wraps. BAL 3378: "Second Edition," though second printing might be more accurate.
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A$673.40
THE LITERARY GUILLOTINE
by [TWAIN, Mark (CLEMENS, Samuel)] [WHEELOCK, W. W.]
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- Used - Very Good copy, lacking the scarce dustwrapper
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1903
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$96.20
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New York/London: John Lane, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good copy, lacking the scarce dustwrapper. Cloth-backed pictorial boards. Truly funny anthology of mock literary trials--Henry James vs. Mary Baker Eddy: "Infringement of Patent," for example--often with Mark Twain presiding as judge. Other "characters" include Bliss Carman, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Oliver Herford, Booth Tarkington, Richard Harding Davis, etc. Authorship… Read more about this item Item Price
A$96.20
A COMIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
by HOPKINS, Livingston
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Published
- 1880
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$57.72
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New York: American Book Exchange, 1880. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Decorated cloth. Illustrated with silhouettes and engravings.
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A$57.72
